Perfect News (GB)
Perfect News won three of ten starts on turf between Aug 2021 and Oct 2022. Her biggest success came in the Group 3 Tally-Ho Stud Irish EBF Ballyogan Stakes at Naas in Aug 2022 off an official rating of 98. All three wins were gained over 6f – 7f on good or faster ground. She last ran off a career-high mark of 103 when sixth of 13 in the Bengough Stakes at Ascot in Oct 2022.
Progeny in our archive
As a dam, Perfect News (GB) has 1 produce in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forged Ahead (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
- 3–10Wins / Runs
- 30%Strike rate
- 6 (60%)Placed
- +9.00£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 1.91Fair A/E n=10 · 1.64 incl. margin
- 103Highest OR
- 23dBetween runs (median)longest 186 d
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 99
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 100A | 92 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 100C | 86.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 113B | 97 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 113B | 95.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 18% of 7,536 runs since May 2016 (882 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 12.8% from 329. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.2% from 270.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | +8.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,280 | 259 | 20.2% | +2.2 | 1 from 2 |
| Good | 1,915 | 362 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 2 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 1,022 | 175 | 17.1% | −0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,119 | 163 | 14.6% | −3.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 329 | 42 | 12.8% | −5.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,856 | 350 | 18.9% | +0.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 65 | 11 | 16.9% | −1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,265 | 236 | 18.7% | +0.7 | 3 from 9 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,987 | 372 | 18.7% | +0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,882 | 546 | 18.9% | +0.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 972 | 151 | 15.5% | −2.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 270 | 33 | 12.2% | −5.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 84 | 6 | 7.1% | −10.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −18 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2016 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Turquoise Diamond (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Turquoise Diamond (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turquoise Diamond (GB) | 7 | 2 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Beautiful News (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 2 | 40% | +7.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 1 | 100% | +9.00 |
| Chantilly (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 3 | 33% | +10.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Marquand | 6 | 1 | 17% | +1.00 |
| Sean Levey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chris Hayes | 1 | 1 | 100% | +9.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.00 |
| Liam Jones | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 5 | 1 | 20% | +5.00 |
| None | 5 | 2 | 40% | +4.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +5.00 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +4.00 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
Quick answers
- How many races has Perfect News won?
- Perfect News (GB) won 3 of 10 archived starts between 2021 and 2022, a strike rate of 30%. Placed 6 times in total (60% of starts).
- Who trained Perfect News?
- Perfect News (GB) was trained by William Haggas on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 1 October 2022.
- Who is Perfect News's sire?
- Perfect News (GB) is by Frankel (GB) out of Besharah (IRE), whose sire is Kodiac.
- What going does Perfect News prefer?
- Perfect News (GB) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Perfect News's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 103, from the run on 1 October 2022. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Perfect News's sire's record?
- Frankel (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 18% of 7,536 runs since May 2016 (882 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 12.8% from 329. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.2% from 270.
- Who are Perfect News's siblings?
- Out of Besharah (IRE), Perfect News (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Turquoise Diamond (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Turquoise Diamond (GB)). The wins came over 7f. As at Nov 2026.
- Has Perfect News produced winners?
- As a dam, Perfect News (GB) has 1 produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.